Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Factory

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TitleIllawarra Cooperative Central Dairy FactoryObject TypePhotographDatec.1950DescriptionIllawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Factory.

Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy and three men on the loading dock. General Office next to the dairy building.Provenance and SignifcanceThe Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Co. Ltd factory was built beside the railway line at Albion Park Rail on land provided by G L Fuller.

The formal opening of the I.C.C.D.Co. Ltd. was held on the 27th September 1899. C W Wood was appointed manager, and H R Hobart the engineer. Two steam engines drove the machinery and the refrigerating plant.

Pasteurization was introduced in 1903 and by 1905 the Company was delivering milk to Sydney in hermetically sealed tanks. The butter making section was upgraded in 1925 and in 1935 a new milk section was opened.

The Company continued to improve and in 1956 marketed the "Warrilla" brand of butter. The factory closed in 1985.DonorCarmody, John Raymond

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MaterialPhoto on cardboard.Dimensions15cm x 10cm.

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CollectionIllawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Society Last edited by: Will Chittick

ObjectsLocalityAlbion Park Rail Last edited by: Will Chittick

Related Item1988.14.51988.14.5 - Carmody, John Raymond

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